They are charging adults $25 and children $10 per ticket. If 200 tickets are sold for a total of $3,200, how many adult tickets were sold and children's tickets were sold
Let the amount of adult tickets bought be A, and the amount of child tickets bought be C. We know that 25A + 10C = 3200 But we also know that A + C = 200 This means that 10A + 10C = 2000 Subtract the equations: (25A+10C) - (10A+10C) = 3200-2000 So 15A = 1200 A = 80 So 80 adult tickets were sold. Sub this back in:
A + C = 200 80+C = 200 So C = 120 So 120 Child tickets were sold.